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[quote=Anonymous]When my kid was that age, I adopted a daily 15 minute workout. Even when I was tired, I could force myself to do it. I'd build it into nap time or do it first thing in the morning before DH leaves for work, or first then in the evening when he gets home.

There are lots of YouTube videos and online HiiT workouts to try out. I tried a few different things and found some routines I liked and would write them down and cycle through them, but if you like following a video, there are plenty of those too.

One thing I found helped a lot was getting pull up bar. I did assisted pull ups (with a circle band) for a while as I was still recovering from pregnancy/birth, but it's such a great full body workout. I'd do 10-12 minutes of combined cardio and strength, and always finish with pull-ups. Over time I got better at them, lost the assistance, and it was a great way to really push my body after a short work out.

I also did a lot of silly exercise challenges. Follow a bunch of workout Instagram accounts, a lot of them will post these. Plank challenges, doing squats to the same words in repetitive songs, etc. They are silly but helped to motivate me specifically because they were kind of silly. I'd start my work out with one of those as a warm up often. Also challenges that last over a week or longer can be motivating because it would give me a reason to start my workout, like "ok I committed to doing burpees every day and adding a set each day, gotta get those in" or whatever.

In short: make it fun, go for high intensity in shorter periods of time, look for full body exercises that are really rewarding and pack a punch.[/quote]

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